I have a similar problem: <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.freeze.row.edge" value="Bottom"/> used to work when I exported to xls but not ; <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.xls.auto.filter" value="Start"/> Now that I export to xlsx, using JRXlsxExporter, AutoFilter works properly, but my top row does not freeze anymore. Any ideas? Thanks